Juanita Reina
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Juana Reina Castrillo, Juanita Reina , alias La Reina de la Copla (Copla Queen) (Seville
, August 25, 1925-Seville
, March 19, 1999) was a Spanish
actress and copla
singer.
She was born in the Sevillian block, la Macarena, Seville
and studied in Enrique el Cojo's academy.
She became popular thanks to songs by famous copla songwriters like León or Quiroga
and she debuted in movies with La blanca Paloma (White Pigeon) (1941).
On June 15, 1964, she married the flamenco dancer Federico Casado Algrenti, and she later inaugurated a restaurant in Madrid
and a dancing academy in Seville
.
She died from a respiratory insuficience and she is buried in the cemetery San Fernando in Seville.
Seville
Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...
, August 25, 1925-Seville
Seville
Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...
, March 19, 1999) was a Spanish
Spain
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actress and copla
Copla (music)
The copla or copla andaluza is a form of Spanish popular song, deriving from the poetic form of the same name. The genre arose in the 1940s, and is epitomized by songwriters Antonio Quintero, Rafael de León and Manuel Quiroga.One of the first singers of coplas was Raquel Meller...
singer.
She was born in the Sevillian block, la Macarena, Seville
Macarena, Seville
La Macarena is the traditional and historical name of the area of Seville located north of the city center. Nowadays, La Macarena is the name of the neighborhood placed on both sides of the north city wall, but also a much bigger administrative district of Seville. - Etymology of the toponym...
and studied in Enrique el Cojo's academy.
She became popular thanks to songs by famous copla songwriters like León or Quiroga
Manuel Quiroga
Manuel López-Quiroga Miquel better known as Maestro Quiroga, was a pianist, composer and author of couplets and coplas, one of the authors Quintero, León and Quiroga....
and she debuted in movies with La blanca Paloma (White Pigeon) (1941).
On June 15, 1964, she married the flamenco dancer Federico Casado Algrenti, and she later inaugurated a restaurant in Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
and a dancing academy in Seville
Seville
Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...
.
She died from a respiratory insuficience and she is buried in the cemetery San Fernando in Seville.
Filmography
- La blanca Paloma (1941)
- Serenata española (1947)
- La Lola se va a los puertos (1947)
- Lola la Piconera (1951)
- Gloria Mairena (1952)
- Aeropuerto (1953)
- Sucedió en Sevilla (1954)
- La novia de Juan Lucero (1958)
- Canciones de nuestra vida (1975)